If you use tapatalk, maybe think about skipping the latest update

[styrafoam]

The latest update puts ads back in the software, the original paid app is now their free version. You have to buy the newest version to remain ad free evidently. Nice move tapatalk.

https://support.tapatalk.com/threads/sorry-we-confused-you.20939/

 

[kyrax12]

So they made the app free?

 

[s44]

All the renaming confuses me. If I own the tablet version, that's now the paid phone version too?

I actually prefer the old paid phone version (which I guess is now the new free phone version) interface to TT4, so maybe I'll just hold the update.

 

[Red Storm]

I avoid giving money to devs who pull the greedy BS and release multiple versions of apps to make more money and confuse people.

 

[kyrax12]

I avoid giving money to devs who pull the greedy BS and release multiple versions of apps to make more money and confuse people.

How good is the actual app though?

 

[WelshBloke]

I didn't need to pay for the new pro app.

It still sucks compared to the old version though so yeah... dont update.

 

[WelshBloke]

So they made the app free?

They scrapped the free app, made the paid app free, made a new paid app (which you may or may not get free if you paid for the new free app which is the old paid app), but made the old app (not sure if paid or free) available on their web site for sideloading.

 

[boomhower]

I have no problem supporting developers but turning a paid version into an add supported version crosses the line. I am perfectly OK with them releasing new versions for additional cost but not to gimp what I have. I don't expect my $1-$4 to support the product forever so at some point paying for an upgrade is expected but I will not support devs who gimp what I have already paid for.

 

[WelshBloke]

I have no problem supporting developers but turning a paid version into an add supported version crosses the line. I am perfectly OK with them releasing new versions for additional cost but not to gimp what I have. I don't expect my $1-$4 to support the product forever so at some point paying for an upgrade is expected but I will not support devs who gimp what I have already paid for.

My old paid app turned into the new paid app so there may just be something funky going on with the licences.

The new app still sucks though.

 

[Viper GTS]

I have no problem supporting developers but turning a paid version into an add supported version crosses the line. I am perfectly OK with them releasing new versions for additional cost but not to gimp what I have. I don't expect my $1-$4 to support the product forever so at some point paying for an upgrade is expected but I will not support devs who gimp what I have already paid for.

This is pretty much where I am on this I guess. App prices are so cheap that it's absurd to think that you will get updates forever. For something I use heavily I have no issues buying it again every year or two. I'll even consider paying a subscription fee though given the choice I'd rather have a lifetime option. I happily paid $100 for Feedly's lifetime subscription for example as RSS is basically the center of my web use.

The people getting so indignant in the Tapatalk forum thread need to get a little perspective. We're talking about $3 here, that's a bottle of beer territory. Hardly worth writing multiple paragraphs about what you 'own' for having paid that $2.99.

I will admit though... Tapatalk has been utterly confusing in the last few months though, even after reading this thread AND their forum post I still don't know if the Pro version I have installed on all my devices is going to have ads, nor do I see any new option for me to purchase that would be ad-free (as is being suggested here). The suggestion to use the (presumably ad-infested) free version for the phone view is dumb, if they want to offer separate apps for phone and tablet they should just make you pay for both of them. SwiftKey did, and I had no issues paying for both there.

Viper GTS

 

[BrightCandle]

The bought version got updated as well. Its actually kind of buggy as it shows the same topics multiple times as you scroll down. Its a bit slower than the previous version as well. I am not a fan of the latest version having now upgraded.

 

[cronos]

I have no problem supporting developers but turning a paid version into an add supported version crosses the line. I am perfectly OK with them releasing new versions for additional cost but not to gimp what I have. I don't expect my $1-$4 to support the product forever so at some point paying for an upgrade is expected but I will not support devs who gimp what I have already paid for.

Are you actually experiencing this? Because my paid app got updated to the new paid app. No problem.

 

[WelshBloke]

The new app is growing on me. It seems to handle gifs better. The jesus hume thread doesn't phase it now, even with a high post limit.
It's just that every thing seems slightly harder to get to, maybe I'll get more used to it.

 

[WelshBloke]

I've mistakenly updated the old paid version to the new free version and I'm not seeing any ads at all. Have they not implemented them yet.
In fact I'm not seeing any difference between the pro and free version.

 

[gorcorps]

The new app is growing on me. It seems to handle gifs better. The jesus hume thread doesn't phase it now, even with a high post limit.
It's just that every thing seems slightly harder to get to, maybe I'll get more used to it.

I rolled back to the old version because starting with #4 I had more bugs than ever.

Ex: If I click a link from the forums here, it'll open in the browser. When I press "back" it always used to go back to where I was reading. Now it's like it can't be sent to the background at all, because when I go back it dumps me to the main "choose your forum" screen and I have to find the thread I was reading myself.

 

[WelshBloke]

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Ex: If I click a link from the forums here, it'll open in the browser. When I press "back" it always used to go back to where I was reading. Now it's like it can't be sent to the background at all, because when I go back it dumps me to the main "choose your forum" screen and I have to find the thread I was reading myself.

I don't get that problem.

If I click the link at the top of this thread it takes me to that tapatalk support forum thread (opens in chrome) , if I click back it brings me back here.